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Fill it out applicationsare RA at your residence·· availablehall desk. front Page3 v1sory. group II evaluate City not alone mpus parking .in liquor battle Faculty Senate is working lyBOBMcKEE sions in the Carbondale City Cilyeditor Council within the last six the vice president for student months, but the council declines to form a new parking s A recent bar suspension and a to change it because, "It would ittee to evaluate and solve proposed amendment to strength­ increase neighborhood parties." gproblems. city en liquor codes indicate McMeen pointed out Southern ulty Senate Chair Anthony Charleston is recognizing its has aproximately 20,000 students, er said the new committee problems with alcohol-related 9,000of those under 21. address "certain problems incidents. Robert Anstine, the mayor of ed solutions." Schaeffer This college town is not alone. Macomb, said the issue of chang­ se problems include some As Champaign Mayor Dannel ing the bar-entrance age to 21 has procedures. McCollum said, there is "no resurfaced onl:e a year since is d Parking Committee an oubt about it," trouble occurs 1980, when House Bill 21 was group which will recom­ when alcohol and college students passed making 21 the drinking changes in parking situa­ mix. age in Illinois. Anstine said not to the President's Council . "We find it a serious problem only are there problems with col­ w committee will replace here and it's very disturbing," lege students and alcohol but with 1c and Safety committee McCollum said. "I don't want people in general. someone to come to Champaign has not met for almost two "I suspect every town in the 111d get theirlives ruined here." state has a problem with alcohol ding to senate members, Like Charleston, Champaign's related incidents. If I had my c and Safety Committee bar-entrance age is 19 and choice, there wouldn't be," 'oned on a much broader McCollum saidthe issue of raising Anstine said. to 21 comes up about every six The purpose of that com- it Normal, where Illinois State t traffic safety years. Both in Macomb, where University is located, is one of as to look a than parking. Eastern's Western IllinoisUniversity is locat­ two incorporated towns, along Officer Eugene Hackett ed, and Carbondale, where with Cicero, that is a Home-Rule es complaints on safety Southern Illinois University is municipality in the state. This located, the bar-entranceage is 18. classification allows the town to phoeographer ERIC FULTZI Stall Patricia McMeen, the city Williams, vice president create certain laws within limits. attorney pf Carbondale, said the Deputy Corporation Council t affairs, has expressed Doodlin' issue of changing the age to 21 forNormal, Todd Greenburg said for the new commit- Donna Mee/cs, TarbleArts Center curator, helps in a creative activity m Sunday afternoon the Center. has come on a number of occa- illiamssai d the first priority at •Continued on page 2 be"handicapped parking." lliams toured the campus ear in a wheelchair and BOG plays big role over years ·enced first hand what ifs By PHILLIP LAIRD comprised the BOO tive methods to increase the avail­ tting around when you're Administration editor system in the ability of a college education to u ped. "What it takes yo beginning were the general public. One program infive minutes to do takes a Despite what many students Illinois State which led the nation in its design apped person 15-20 min- may think about a bog - normally University, Western and purpose is the Board of he said. a wet, swampy area - in contrast, Illinois University, Governors Bachelor of Arts Iiams has asked that the the BOO stands for the Board of Illinois Teachers Degreeprogram. Colleges and Universities, and College, Northern The program was approved by personnel, someone from plays an important role to Illinois University ----­ the General Assembly in October iness area, two members Eastern. and Eastern. of 1972 and began January 1, The BOGhas the goYern­ In 1967, Northern and Illinois 1973. According to Brazell, such ted by the faculty senate, been . m the student senate, and ing board for Eastern since the State were transferred from the a program was really innovative berappointed by a repre­ Illinois General Assembly Boardof Governor's system when in 1973. changed the name from the . e fors�dent affairs. the General Assembly created the "The whole purpose of the nt Senate President Patty Teacher's College Board on July Board of Regents. Illinois degree program is to allow older y has selected Bill Golden 15, 1965. Teacher's College North became adult students a chance to finish a en Wake to be the student Eastern began as a state teach­ ·Northeastern Illinois University degree program they started earli­ tatives on the committee. er's college and had originally and Illinois Teacher's College er but never finished," Brazell been known as Eastern Illinois South became Chicago State said. She explained the program has worked devotedly in College until 1957 when Illinois' University. offers older students an alterna­ t senate and its own park­ General Assembly renamed it Governor's state University tive to the rigid schedule of class­ mmittee," Kennedy said. dy said Wake lives off- EasternIllinois University. openedits doors in 1969 as a two­ es associated with higher educa­ The Eastern News, which was and would best.represent year, upper-divison college tion. the predecessor of The Daily designed to complement the "Most older students have too students who have problems Eastern News, began covering the junior college system. The school many responsibilities and their ·ng space availability. Board of Governors on a regular was placed in the Board of schedules don't allow for tradi­ of the committee, chair basis in February of 1972. Governors system and Sangamon tional classes," she said. Brazell Police Chief Tom Larson, Michele Brazell, a spokeswom­ State University was placed under said older students can get full didn't know he had been an for the BOO said the board has the Board of Regents. credit for all previous college diverse duties. "The BOOrecom­ According to the Eastern News course work. mends the budgets for the BOG edition of July 23, 1968, then­ "But they also can get credit schools to the Illinois Board of Eastem President Quincy Doudna for live experience work they've Higher Education, suggests aca­ was directly responsible for the done," Brazell added. An article demic program changes for the compromise that placed in the Jan. 19, 1973 edition of the schools, and develops academic Governors State University and Eastern News explained the pro­ programs used within the sys­ Sangamon State University in two gram. tem." separate governingbodies. "Students in the BOO program The original make-up of the But the BOO is more than an are r uired to take 15 semester BOO system was quite different entity that deals with details of hourseq on the campus where they 1965 from its present member­ budgets and acad mic programs. earning the degree," according in � are ship. The five schools which the story. The board also develops innova- tp 2 29, 1990 The Dal Orchestra performs to good turnou By LAURA DURNELL Brahms. The piece by Brahms had two . "America's International Music Staffwriter soloists, Technical Sgt. Octavian Slima on Ambassadors." It was one of the fir the violin and Technical Sgt. Christopher American orchestras to play overseas. Symphony orchestra members Moehlenkamp on the violincello. After appearing in Bodo, Norway, · accustomed to playing for presidents and The final song for the evening was 1955, the orchestra had the distinction national and international audiences "Symphony No. 3 in E Flat" by Ludwig being the first U.S. musical group performed for an Eastern audience van Beethoven. perform north of the Artie Circle. Saturday night. Not all music performed by the orchestra The musicians in the group come from About 800 people in Dvorak Concert · was classical, though. Smith began the number of colleges, universities, mus Hall were treated to classical music played concert conducting the "Star Spangled conservatories and ottier symphon by the U.S. Air Force Symphony Orchestra Banner." Several audience members stood orchestras. from Washington D.C. in respect to the patriotic song. Yet the musical talents are not limited Lt. Kevin D. Smith conducted the "I brought my family and myself here to the orchestra. Many of ·the members orchestra, a unit of the U.S. Air Force Band appreciate their musical talents," a mother the percussion, brass and woodwi and the only symphony in the U.S. Armed of four from Charleston said. sections perform in The Air Force Co Forces. The orchestra has performed at While most of the orchestra's concerts Band. Members from the string secti political functions given by all U.S. can be heard in the Washington, D.C. area, perform in The U.S. Air Force Stri presidents since Harry S Truman. it also performs outside the nation's capital. Orchestraand the StrollingStrings. Among the songs performed were The Pan American Union and Carnegie The concert was presented by "Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune" by Hall in New York City are two other Times-Courier and Eastern 's mus Claude Debussy and "Concerto for performance locations.